Description | Botanical study of a specimen of capsicum, common name pepper. Isaac Rand was Praefectus Horti of Chelsea Physic Garden, 1724-43, where this plant was most likely cultivated.
Plant with heart-shaped red peppers, some hanging downwards and some upright. Inscribed in ink 'Capsicum fructu cordiformi majore nunc erecto nunc nutante rubro Rand.' Not signed. |